Cleaning Your Hotel Room During COVID19 - Checklist for Staying Safe While Traveling

We traveled to a HOTEL for the FIRST time since the COVID19 pandemic began. We decided to step SLOWLY back into the travel world by traveling to a location close to home. Yes, packed our bags and chose one of our favorite local hotels, our local Holiday Inn.

To prepare for this trip, we packed a gallon-sized bag of cleaning materials, our clothes, and lots of courage. :) 

If you would have checked our bags before we left for the adventure, you would have seen gloves for the check-in process, our food and cooking appliances for in-room dining, and pillow slips!

When we checked-in, we experienced contactless check in. It was perfect (especially for anxiety-filled me). They had special cups for sanitized and not-yet-sanitized pens, which was amazing. However, I brought my own! :) 

When we received our keys, we drove to the room and discovered a neat adhesive sticker over the sill of our door. It stated that the door was sanitized. Well done Holiday Inn, well done!

As soon as we checked in, we broke out the Clorox wipes and spray and then we quickly started our sanitizing work! From door handles and faucets to spraying the sheets and placing the remote in the ice bag, we finished the process in under 10 minutes. (It will be MUCH quicker next time, because NOW we have a process).

*This process is a ramped up edition of our classic hotel cleaning process, but this is our COVID19 edition.

Here's a quick checklist for you to sanitize your hotel room.

Remember to put on your gloves!

Step 1 - Clean the Door Handles and Light Switches

Step 2 - Spray the Couch, Tables, and the Dining Chairs

Step 3 - Wipe the Counters and the Faucets

Step 4 - Spray the Beds and Bed Linens

Step 5 - Place the Pillow Slips on the Bed

Step 6 - Wipe the Refrigerator Handles and Shelves

Step 7 - Spray the Thermostat

Oh, but wait, you probably want to know what to pack for sanitizing your hotel room. You can definitely sanitize, Dollar Store style or you can purchase the item son Amazon! 

Item 1 - Sanitizing Spray (Lysol Disinfectant Spray)

Item 2 - Sanitizing Wipes

Item 3 - Alcohol Wipes (LOVE THESE)

Item 4 - Gloves

What else would you add to the list?

We felt MUCH better after cleaning everything and the hotel room tends to smell MORE like home. :) Yay! It was perfect! Do you have any questions for us? We will be happy to help!

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Have a great week and plan for the weekend!

Sincerely,

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#SipDipSmile During the Summer and Fall with Holiday Inn Hotels and Resorts

Milk and cookies are one of the standard nightly desserts of kids from across the United States (and beyond). This kid-friendly nightcap and food pairing instantly resonates positive thoughts in the minds of adults everywhere.

When we travel, we like to experience nostalgic thoughts of our childhood. Sometmes ths includes packing a minature Christmas tree and Christmas stockings for a hotel. Recently, InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG®) brand partnered with Vanessa Lachey to sponsor a happy hour at several hotels. A kid-friendly, milk and cookies happy hour that is! Twelve Holiday Inn hotels across the U.S. will offer complimentary milk and cookies in partnership with fairlife Ultra-Filtered Milk and Otis Spunkmeyer® baked goods.

Now, let’s say YUM together! YUM - There you go! This will be a delicious way to retire from a long day at the amustment park.

Vanessa Lachey said: "Summer is my family's favorite time to travel together, and the best part about this summer is Chocolate Milk Happy Hour at Holiday Inn! It's a fun way for families to unlock those lasting memories together and enjoy a new twist on the classic afternoon snack."

Twenty Holiday Inn hotels in the United States will host the special milk and cookie hours. These 20 hotels are featured here: holidayinn.com/milkandcookies. All ages are invited to the special milk and cookie celebrations.

Holiday Inn Fort Myers Airport at Town Center

Holiday Inn West Yellowstone

Holiday Inn Chattanooga Downtown

Holiday Inn Club Vacations at Orange Lake Resort

Holiday Inn Resort Orlando Lake Buena Vista

Holiday Inn Resort Orlando Suites – Waterpark

Holiday Inn Resort Panama City Beach

Holiday Inn Resort Pensacola Beach Gulf Front

Holiday Inn Washington – Capitol

Holiday Inn San Antonio – Riverwalk

Holiday Inn Resort Wilmington E-Wrightsville Beach

Holiday Inn Manhattan – Financial District

Holiday Inn Anaheim – Resort Area

Holiday Inn NYC – Lower East Side

Holiday Inn Phoenix – Chandler

Holiday Inn Nashville – Vanderbilt (Downtown)

Holiday Inn Houston West – Katy Mills

Holiday Inn Asheville – Biltmore East

Disclaimer - Call the hotel ahead of time! List gathered from https://joyoftravel.holidayinn.com/milkandcookies/

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